School of Humanities and Social Science Annual Newsletter 2020, Issue 3

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人文社科 人文社會科學學院 香港科技大學 THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY School of Humanities and Social Science Graduation Ceremony 2019 2019 年人文社會科學學院畢業典禮 2020 Annual Newsletter Issue 3

01 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEAN'S MESSAGE

Welcome to the third annual newsletter of the School of Humanities and Social Science (SHSS]. Although the 2019-20 academic year was punctuated by protests and a pandemic, I am proud that our faculty, students, and staff were able to adapt and support one another amidst a protracted sequence of uncertainties. Faculty adopted their courses for on-line delivery. Staff worked from home and covered for one another in the office on staggered schedules. Students deeply missed face-to-face interactions with classmates and faculty, but persevered through Canvas and Zoom. What a year: As you'll see in this newsletter, we also moved forward. Council Member Albert Ip generously agreed to serve as an Honorary Advisor to SHSS. The renovated dean's suite brought us together for a traditional Hong Kong-style pig roast and a couple of Dean's Teas. SHSS conferred undergraduate and graduate degrees to 300 students in the Class of 2019 - in person. We established two new research centers- the Center for Global China and Center for Aging Science. And most significantly, the fact that we succeeded in hiring 20 new faculty-all through Zoom-is a testament to our school's continuing appeal to talented teachers and scholars. The forthcoming year will build on these successes as we welcome the relocation of the French Center for Contemporary China [CEFC] to SHSS, diversify our course offerings, and continue global recruitment of faculty in multiple fields. I will host virtual and in-person events to keep us in touch as a community, and as always, welcome constructive suggestions on how to improve our school.

ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2020 Prof Albert Ip, HKUST Council Member; was appointed as an Honorary Advisor to SHSS. In that capacity, he is eager to mentor SHSS students as they think about the relevance of their studies to different career paths. Mr. Ip has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry, both in the US and Hong Kong. He has held executive leadership positions in multiple banks, including Citibank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, First National Bank of Chicago and Wells Fargo. Mr. Ip recently retired as CEO Langham Hospitality Investments, and is an enthusiastic champion of the value of liberal arts education in a rapidly changing employment market. HONORARY ADVISOR FACULTY New Appointments CLE Dr Jason Ho Lecturer I Dr Stanley Ho Lecturer I Ms Tess Hogue Lecturer I Mr Mike Ladao Lecturer I Ms Rosie Mclaughlin Lecturer I Mr Mark Melican Lecturer I Ms Suzan Stamper Lecturer I Mr Michael Tom Lecturer I Ms Wai Ying Yu Lecturer I Miss Sumie Chan Lecturer II Dr Anisa Cheung Lecturer II Ms Chi Shen Lecturer II Ms Karina Suen Lecturer II Dr Su Yuan Lecturer II HUMA Prof Huan Jin Assistant Professor Prof Quentin Zhen Qin Assistant Professor SOSC Prof Wen Wang Assistant Professor Prof Han Zhang Assistant Professor Prof Kelly Wanjing Chen Research Assistant Professor IAS Junior Fellow Dr Maria Teresa Wijaya Lecturer II

Visiting Faculty Prof Barry Sautman Visiting Professor, Professor Emeritus, HKUST, 2020-2021

Prof David Zweig Visiting Professor, Professor Emeritus, HKUST, August 2019 - January 2020 Dr Nigel Huckstep Visiting Scholar, CLE, September - December 2020

Dr Edward Goldring SOSC Dr Angela Tritto sosc

CLE Dr Nigel Huckstep Associate Director Dr Martha Lam Associate Director Dr Keith Tong Senior Lecturer Ms Esther Chung Lecturer I Dr Susanna Ho Lecturer I Dr Kazuhiro Sakurai Lecturer I Dr Anthony Siu Lecturer I Mr Douglas Black Lecturer II Mr Andrew Chung Lecturer II Ms Mok Wa Senior Instructor HUMA Prof May-yi Shaw Senior Lecturer 02 03 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE NEW RESEARCH CENTERS DIRECTED BY SHSS FACULTY 對話 紅樓夢 中國文學創作研究專題 白先勇教授及劉再復教授 Global China Center, established in October 2019 and directed by Prof Ching Kwan Lee The Center advances China Studies that places China in global, comparative and theoretical perspectives. Housed within SHSS, the Center seeks to foster interdisciplinary and multi-method research and teaching on global China. Internationally, GCC is building collaborative ties with other centers on global China in North America, Europe and Australia. Center for Aging Science, established in April 2020 and directed by Prof Stuart Gietel-Basten The Center aims to develop and foster a better understanding of healthy aging, promote the idea of balancing physical and psychological health, as well as sustaining relationships in old age. Besides addressing aging population issues, it is important to engage younger generations in understanding the science of healthy aging and learning their important role in this aging society. The Center aspires to be the leading center of aging science in Hong Kong. MAJOR CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP Global Webinar Series: Adaption to Historical and Contemporary Disruptions Jointly organised by SHSS and National University of Singapore 15 July 2020 Adaption to Historical and Contemporary Disruptions July 15, 2020 I 15:00 (GMT +8)

ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2020 CONGRATULATIONS! Promotions Prof Shengqing Wu Professor HUMA Prof Jean Hong Associate Professor sosc Prof James Wong Assistant Professor of Social Science Education SOSC Awards & Honors Prof Stuart Gietel-Basten awarded Asian Universities Alliance Scholars Award Prof David Cheng Chang awarded Harvard-Yenching Institute-Radcliffe lnstitutute Joint Fellowship [2021-2022] Prof Franziska Keller appointed Fellow at the University of Zurich's Digital Democracy Lab Dr Anna Kwong Shaw Auditorium Construction Project' shortlisted for 'THE Awards Asia 2020 - Excellence and Innovation in the Arts' Prof Jianmei Liu awarded RGC Humanities and Social Science Prestigious Fellowship Dr Timothy Page received grant ram Finland's Jenni and Antti Wihuri Foundation for development of Idols 2020, a work of experimental music theatre, with the Helsinki-based interdisciplinary ensemble Dayjob Collective. Prof Kevin Tam appointed Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Social Psychology Prof Melinda Whong appointed President of the Assoc1at1on of Hong Kong Language Centers Prof James Wong and the project team received Poster Award for Teaching and Learning Expo 2019/20 Prof Xiaogang WU appointed Global Scholar at Princeton University [2020-2024]

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Ching Kwan Lee & Ming Sing Take Back Our Future: An Eventful Sociology of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement ILR Press; Cornell University Press, 2019

Jianmei Liu The Transgression of Fiction 小說的越界 Beijing Tiandi, 2020

Ching Kwan Lee co-edited with Jan Breman, Kevan Harris and Marcel van der Linden The Social Question in the 21st Century: A Global View University of California Press, 2019

Zongli Lu Professor Emeritus Rumor in The Early Chinese Empires Cambridge Press (China), 2020 Jianmei Liu co-edited with David Der-wei Wang and Jin Ji 當代人文的三個方向－夏志清、李歐梵、 劉再復 Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company, 2020 llari Kaila co-produced with Silas Brown The Bells Bow Down US: lnnova Recordings, 2020

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE CREATIVE ARTS AT SHSS – HIGHLIGHTS

HKUST Music Alive! 2019-20 Season

Outreach Music Program TICA Opening Gala Concert: Featuring Third Coast Percussion ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2020 FACULTY EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS 2019-2020 General Research Fund Projects Wenfang Tang (SOSC) Detecting Social and Political Desirability in Hong Kong Public Opinion Surveys' Shengqing Wu (HUMA) Sensuous Touch, Kiss, and Intimacy in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture' David Cheng Chang (HUMA) The Korean War Prisoners Who Chose Neutral Nations: Their Odysseys from China and Korea to India and then Latin America' Yongshun Cai (SOSC) Social Organizations and Peasant Militancy: The Case of the Chinese Famine' Early Career Scheme Xiaolu Ma (HUMA) From West to East: The Global Journey of Russian Nihilism' Prestigious Fellowship Scheme under Humanities and Social Sciences Panel Jianmei Liu (HUMA) The Predicament of the Third Space' in Modern China' 第三空間 “在現代中國的困境＂

Non-UGC Grants Franziska Keller (SOSC) received a Germany/ Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme grant to continue her international collaboration aimed at detecting hidden propaganda campaigns on social media 'AstroTurfing'.

Jenny Smith (HUMA) received a grant of 2 million NEK from the Norwegian Government to build a research network called 'A-NEST' & Asian-Norwegian Environmental Stories. Kevin Tam (SOSC) received a grant from the Sumitomo Foundation for an interdisciplinary project on public support for climate policy in Japan.

Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects (TLIP) Delian Gaskell, Rebecca Farmer & Kin Hun Tang (CLE) Competency-based Common Core Foundation English Communication for Year 1 Students: Integrating innovation in education technology and blended learning within a learner-focused competency tracking framework' Elza Tsang (CLE), Cindy Lam & Stanley Lau (OCES) Coastal Environmental Investigation' Teaching Prof Julian Groves 2019 Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching Prof Jean Hong 2019 SHSS Best Teaching Award Prof Agnes Ku 2019 SHSS Best Teaching Award 06 Research Post-graduate Students MPhil PhD MSc Taught Post-graduate students MSc Global China Studies students

New MA in International Language Education Students

including four 3+1 students Bachelor’s/MSc pathway from Shanghai International Studies University and Xiamen University students concentrating in Teaching English as Second Language specialized concentration students concentrating in Teaching Chinese as Second Language NEW STUDENTS, FALL 2020 22 207 Research Post-graduate Students Taught Post-graduate students HUMA MPhil 55 PhD students SOSC MPhil PhD students 68 Undergraduate Majors 46New Global China Studies Quantitative Social Analysis (QSA) Students including 2 Hong Kong PhD Fellows including 1 Hong Kong PhD Fellow MSc Global China Studies students 83 New MA in International Language Education Students 26 57 32New MA in Chinese Culture Students 37New MA in Social Science Students We now have 664 Full-Time (including beyond-time) UG and PG Students (including beyond-time). 07 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDENT GRADUATION Nearly 300 UG, TPG and RPG students graduated from SHSS in 2020. This year’s graduating GCS class of 50 students include students with First Class Honors Faculty and classmates are invited to attend our Virtual Congregation on 21 Nov 2020. HUMA Graduate Kin Wing Kevin Chan Assistant Lecturer, CUHK SOSC Graduates Bijia Chen Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Qing History, Renmin University of China Jiaying Chen Lecturer, Renmin University of China 2020 Academic Placements Xin He SOSC, HKUST Siqin Liu SOSC, HKUST Zhengcheng Liu ECON, HKUST Wenzhi Lu SOSC, HKPFS, HKUST Shaocong Ma SOSC, HKUST PhD Program Placement of MPhil Graduates 5 08 ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2020

Student Accomplishments & Awards Hojun Lee (BSc QSA) - 2nd Runner Up in the 2020 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award - 2020 Mc Donnell Int’l Scholars Academy

Siqi Chen & Yuhui Zhao Mr. Wang Shiu Tong Scholarship in Humanities Tsz Wang Yeung SOSC Best UG Paper Prize 2018/2019

Ruilin Lai, Yuan Zhou & Ruihan Huang MSc in Global China Studies Dean’s Award 2019

Siqi Chen, Ning Ding, Yijiao Guo, Siyuan Ji, Xiaoyi Liu, Mengting Miao & Mingyang Zhao MA in Chinese Culture Dean’s Award 2019

Wing In Chau, Yabin Yin & Gefei Han MA in Social Science Dean’s Award 2019

Sandra Ann Pescod, Lingyun Fan, Tianyu Xu, Pei Yung Li, Boya Zhou & Fengxin Xu MA in International Language Education Dean’s award 2019

Bijia Chen SHSS RPG Best Research Award 2019

Solsar Kong Wallace C K Siu Prize for Undergraduate Studies 2019

Kelly Ka Ki Cheung Academic Outstanding Performance Award for the BSc GCS Program

Warren Wenzhi Lu (SOSC) Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)

Fang Jun (MPhil, 2018) accepted into PhD Program in Political Science at University of Michigan.

Miao Jia (PhD, 2017) appointed Assistant Professor of Sociology at NYU-Shanghai.

Matthew Noellert (PhD, 2014) appointed Associate Professor of Economic History at Hitosubashi University.

Xi Song (MPhil, 2010) appointed Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Pennsylvania.

Emma Zang (MPhil, 2014) appointed Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yale University. Awarded “Best Graduate Student Paper” by the American Sociological Association Section on Asia/Asian-America in August 2019 for a paper in Demography in 2018 co-authored with Prof Cameron Campbell.

RPG Alumnae News 09 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Kellee Tsai Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science

Christian Daniels Head of Division of Humanities

Wenfang Tang Head of Division of Social Science

Melinda Whong Associate Dean and Director of CLE

Yongshun Cai Associate Dean for Post-graduate Programs

Carine Yiu Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

Stuart Gietel-Basten Associate Dean for Research

Jenny Smith Associate Professor, HUMA

Kevin Tam Associate Professor, SOSC

2020-21 SHSS Executive Committee Donation

Donation Dr Charles S.C. Chan has donated HK$500,000 to set up a scholarship for SHSS RPG students.

In Memory Professor Yang Mu 楊牧 (also known as Wang Ching-hsien 王靖獻) (1940-2020), one of the founding members of the Division of Humanities. 10 ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2020 香港科技大學